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Antioch is a small unincorporated community in Bibb County, Alabama, United States, located west of Randolph along Bibb County Road 22. It is home to several churches, including Antioch Baptist Church, the community's namesake, which formed in 1833. <ref>{{cite book|last1=Ellison|first1=Rhoda|title=Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years|date=1984|publisher=University of Alabama Press|location=Tuscaloosa, AL|page=41|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref> |
Antioch is a small unincorporated community in Bibb County, Alabama, United States, located west of Randolph along Bibb County Road 22. It is home to several churches, including Antioch Baptist Church, the community's namesake, which formed in 1833. <ref>{{cite book|last1=Ellison|first1=Rhoda|title=Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years|date=1984|publisher=University of Alabama Press|location=Tuscaloosa, AL|page=41|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref> |
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Antioch's notoriety comes from being the temporary County Seat of Bibb in |
Antioch's notoriety comes from being the temporary County Seat of Bibb in 1823, <ref>{{cite book|last1=Ellison|first1=Rhoda|title=Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years|date=1984|publisher=University of Alabama Press|location=Tuscaloosa, AL|page=83|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref>though the community wasn't officially constituted until 1833. |
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Although Antioch is not currently home to a school, remnants of the Woolley School remain on County Road 22. Formerly a one-room schoolhouse with J.C. Hicks as Schoolmaster, the Woolley School is now an abandoned structure that has been vacant for at least 30 years. <ref>{{cite book|last1=Ellison|first1=Rhoda|title=Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years|date=1984|publisher=University of Alabama Press|location=Tuscaloosa, AL|page=80|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref> |
Although Antioch is not currently home to a school, remnants of the Woolley School remain on County Road 22. Formerly a one-room schoolhouse with J.C. Hicks as Schoolmaster, the Woolley School is now an abandoned structure that has been vacant for at least 30 years. <ref>{{cite book|last1=Ellison|first1=Rhoda|title=Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years|date=1984|publisher=University of Alabama Press|location=Tuscaloosa, AL|page=80|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref> |
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Antioch is a small unincorporated community in Bibb County, Alabama, United States, located west of Randolph along Bibb County Road 22. It is home to several churches, including Antioch Baptist Church, the community's namesake, which formed in 1833. [1]
Antioch's notoriety comes from being the temporary County Seat of Bibb in 1823, [2]though the community wasn't officially constituted until 1833.
Although Antioch is not currently home to a school, remnants of the Woolley School remain on County Road 22. Formerly a one-room schoolhouse with J.C. Hicks as Schoolmaster, the Woolley School is now an abandoned structure that has been vacant for at least 30 years. [3]
Antioch appears on the Randolph U.S. Geological Survey Map. [4]
- ^ Ellison, Rhoda (1984). Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. p. 41.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Ellison, Rhoda (1984). Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. p. 83.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Ellison, Rhoda (1984). Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. p. 80.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Antioch Populated Place Profile". AL Hometown Locator. HTL. Retrieved 22 June 2015.